Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-30
Up AND down RELIGION.
The Free aasons of the World Used
the Plumm6t to See Whether
the Wall was Straight.
The Plumb Line WILL be Held to all The
Religions OF the World and
They VIII be Tried.
The Preacher says the Prcosnt IS a Solemn
Time with This Eetion-How
will Is End?
special to the Gazette.

BROOKLYN, Sept. 25.-After the great
congregation had sung the long meter
doXology in the Brooklyn tabernacle this
morning, DR.. T3lmage exp0unded the
sixth chapter Of the second epistle 20 the
Corinthians, setting forth the importance
Of separation from bad fellowship, and
ss7ing that man is no better than the
s company he keeps. Professor Henry
4 Eyre Brown plzved an organ solo, soHats
. No !, in d minor by GuiiImant. The
subject Of the sermon was "A Straight
! Up-anC-D0Wn Religion," and the text
YES Amos VII, VS.: "And the Lord said
unto me, Amos, yhat seest thou? and |
said, plumb line" DR.. Taim1ge said:
The solid masonry OF the world has 70
n Fascination. Walk about some Of
,hC Lriumphei arches q The CaGhredc4Is,
four or six hundred years ED, and see
& them stand - erect as when they were
a bulded, walls OF great height for ceutu-
8 ries. not bending 3 quarter of an inch
were the mssons who 5ui!GeG these walls
Il tla! they we're free from taxstiOn and
CALLED "RREx" MAs1Ns.
3 The tr0wel gets most OF the credit for
+ those building, aud It's clear ringing on
stone and brick has sounded across the
sSes. Bus there II another implement of
ius. IS much Importance as me trOwel,
and nv text recognizes il. BTiCEl2yers,
and stone mssCns, GHd carpenters, In the
j building OF walls, use a instrument
made Cfcoyd, q the esd Of which lump
Of lead Is f@sIyned. They drop it over
the side of the wal, and, as the plummet
naturally seeks the centre of gravity il
{ tle earth, the workman discovers where
4 the wsu recedes, aud where it hutges
OUT and just what is the perpendic
alar. Our text represents Goo as stand
4 iGg on he wall u character, which the
/. Isrse,ites had built, and in thss way
4 measuring l.. "And the Lord said uato
4 me, Amos, wis. seest thou? and l said,
pjum1 line +"
What the world wants is straight up
sGd-tOwa religion. M4Cl CT tle social
i ed p.ely OF TIE day bends mis- way ana
that, 70 suit tda Dmes. l. is horizontal
with . low state 4 sentiment and morals
We nave al been building z W2u u
Character, a0dit % glarlUGly Imperfect
and needs TeCcasl-Gc ion. How snail it
4 ne Brought into She paSperdicular? 0HIy
By the divine measurement. "And the
Lord said to ms, Amos, waat seeSt
thou? and | sid, A plumb line"
The whole tendency Of the Zines is TO
msEe Us act 10y the standard % what
others do. Il 1beg pay cards, ea play
cards. Il (Hey dance, re dance. II they
read certain styles Of nook, We read
them. We
THROW OVER THE Wall.
Of cur cbsrac.eT The tangled plumb lire
Of ether lives and rejeC- the inf8llible
test which Amos saw. The question tor
NE should net be what you mink is right,
but what God thinks ia right. This per
patusl reference To The behavior of Others,
IS though K decided anything BAT human
ialiibility, Is Il mistake as vide 10 the
world. There are 10000 plumb lines il
USE, bat only enc is true aud eIact, and
that is the line OF GoG's etern<l right
There is e I4!ghtY aEfemps being made 10
Tec2netruc, sD5 tx up t5e Ten Commsni
ats. t. many they seem 100 rigid. The
tower OF Pisa leans over ABOUT t1irteen
feet tyCm .he perpendicular, and people
80 thousands q miles ~ see It's gTscefuI
Inclination, and 0y eXtrs braces and var
l0us Architectural c0ntrivanCes it ID KEEP
leaning from century to century. Why
rot nave the ten granite blocks OF
SilEi 2al lillie aslsn!? Why nor nave
the pillSr % trdta lean.
Ing towe-? wy is rot an elliase 2:
god IS ( square? Wy IS not US ohlieas
as good Sc glr.ight up ard d0wn2 biz
frisuis, we Eusl lave s s=ud&rd; ehei
i ba G11's CT mED'sf
Tae divine psumo line needs to be
thrown oycr eli merchandise. Thousands
Cf yyara ego Solomon discovered the tn.
ceDcy q buyers t. G@precict2 gOoCb. Il
s2Tg mtu 6e&s,nE d3@G n arrcle iCTe
spd lower, s2d pevirg il KS not ysurtl
jse price nszeG aGd Then he Esd pur-
chased * the loves. psi7t Ge told every
body Whist Z sl3rD bargain h haG strucE
and Gog= he mas cGs9gIgcsd the merchant
Proverbs k, Il: as is rcuEhf, Il i
nGlgat, scith the buyer; but SAea nc il
some his way then he b0as34tL." S,
Utterly aakew Is society IN ms m2t1el
mat yau sGldnE find seller asking Jht
price that he expaSfs - get. He puts o!
higher vriEe tan Ee proposes 10 &c
caivG, knowing taat vii hhTo 10 drop
AID Il l6 wACss 6f1y
FIX ASKS SEVENTY FIVE.
AID K he weU,s @0QQ ae asks $500 81
is asushi,r sElsh the ouy 7. "IAe {&Dsit
j. detectives; cLe style oI goods Is pc.r
CO get elsewhere a DettaI aEtlc.a IL :
smaller price l. y cnt OF Iz2hi0u; il il
damaged; j. VIII fsde; il viii nos wes
we'll" Alter $ waiie TIE merchant frGE
over percussion ~ from 6ssl2e 10 GiSpCs
o: that particular stock uf goods, says
Wei, take it ct your cEu p-!ce." an
me 16cChsSsr goes nome win light SteI
a2d Cslis !neJ MS pr,vs:2 CGce his c2Hf
Dental Efierss, and Cauc5l3a vale i
tells sew thts for hst price he got th
goods. II other words, nc lien and Wa
proud OF Il. EoIAipg wOn.d Uske tiwc
IS goCc, G1d lie sLQn.cg u lly.Iaoo4
50 e&Sy, - gIe universe adoption Ci s.
law & rgit. Suspicion strikes .hIoGs
81 bargain making. Men who SCI
know not whether they viii eve
set the money. Purchasers know no
whether the goods shi ped viii BE- sc
coidllg 20 The sample. AID what, wiz
NE large Eunber OF clerks Who ere rdak
Ing false euiriss and then sbsc0ndtrg
CANADA, aud the explosion CT fI2s thH
iall isr millions Of dollars, honest ms
are 81 <heir wis cad g. make a Living
be Who ss.nds up SRid 81! The pressure
snd does right ID accomplishing some
ming toward the establishment OF hig
commercial prosperity. l hare dee
sympathy for the laooring classes VIII
toll with hand end foot. But We mus
not forget the business men VINO WithGu
say complaint or hammered procession
through the street are enduring q stres
CT circumstances terrific. The ioEtunat
people OF to-day are those VINO sre re
cetving daily wages ca regular sslar!e!
rad the men most 10 = ritieG are thos
VINO conduct d business while
PRICES ARE FALLING,
and vet fry tn DIV their clerks and en-